477: Vice & Virtue — Envy

Brent Billings, Elle Grover Fricks, and Josh Bossé crack open the question of what a biblical blessing is.To Bless the Space Between Us by John O’DonohueEvery Moment Holy, Volume I by Douglas Kaine McKelveyEvery Moment Holy, Volume II by Douglas Kaine McKelvey

4 Jul 20241h 5min

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Mitch Lavender, longtime BEMA listener and group facilitator, and now Lead Campus Minister in Cincinnati with Impact Campus Ministries, about his experiences with a community dealing with the challenges of diversity and how that can lead to transition with family, friends, and faith.A Church Called Tov by Scot McKnight and Laura BarringerAdditional audio production by Gus Simpson Special Guest: Mitch Lavender.

27 Jun 202459min

Brent Billings, Elle Grover Fricks, and Reed Dent revisit Matthew 4 with a Talmudic lens.BEMA 92: How to Bring Order Out of ChaosEthics Ratings of Nearly All Professions Down in U.S. — GallupScutching — WikipediaTractate Sanhedrin — Sefaria“Questions About Angels” (poem) by Billy CollinsGospel of Matthew Summary (Part 1) — BibleProjectGospel of Matthew Summary (Part 2) — BibleProject

20 Jun 20241h 17min

Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks take a closer look at the work of John the Baptist.BEMA 91: Tavilah T'ShuvahBEMA 92: How to Bring Order Out of Chaos

13 Jun 202452min

Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks take a closer look at the magi and the star of the nativity.BEMA 89: Written in the StarsBEMA 257: Wells and Husbands

6 Jun 202445min

Brent Billings, Elle Grover Fricks, and Reed Dent explore how the Talmudic conversation might shed new light on the account of Joseph’s angelic visitation in Matthew 1.BEMA 22: Under the ChuppahBEMA 85: Mark — Roman GospelBEMA 89: Written in the StarsBerakhot 56 (Talmud) — Sefaria

30 Mai 20241h 11min

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are with Elle Grover Fricks to kick off a new series on Talmudic conversations in Matthew.Asking Better Questions of the Bible by Marty SolomonSefaria: A Living Library of Jewish TextsBrad Gray on the Genealogy of Matthew — Real Life on the Palouse“Matthew’s Begats” by Andrew Peterson — YouTube

23 Mai 202449min

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Tommy Brown, author of The Ache for Meaning. He is a pastor and contemplative teacher with a bachelor’s degree in pastoral ministry and master’s degrees in divinity and management, and a former little league baseball coach.The Ache for Meaning by Tommy BrownWhat Is the Palouse?Dark Night of the Soul — WikipediaThe Seven Money Types by Tommy BrownThe Torah for Dummies by Arthur KurzweilThe Sabbath by Abraham Joshua HeschelSabbath as Resistance by Walter BrueggemannTommy Brown’s websiteAdditional audio production by Gus Simpson Special Guest: Tommy Brown.

16 Mai 202444min